29. When the burnt offerings were finished, the king and everyone who was with him kneeled and bowed down.
30. Then King Hezekiah and the leaders told the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and the seer Asaph. They joyfully sang praises, bowed down, and worshiped.
31. Hezekiah said, “You have dedicated your lives to the Lord. Come, bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the Lord’s temple.”The assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and everyone who was willing brought burnt offerings.
32. The burnt offerings brought by the assembly totaled 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs. All of these were burnt offerings to the Lord.
33. The animals dedicated as holy sacrifices were 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep.
34. But the priests needed more help to skin all the burnt offerings. So their relatives, the Levites, helped them until the work was completed and the priests could make themselves holy. The Levites were more diligent in making themselves holy than the priests were.
35. There were many burnt offerings in addition to the fat of the fellowship offerings and wine offerings that accompanied the burnt offerings. So the worship in the Lord’s temple was reestablished.
36. Hezekiah and all the people were overjoyed because of what God had done for the people. Everything had happened so quickly.